Thanks for the full response. I remember reading somewhere about the sport specific gains potentially being greatest when the majority of training was specific to that sport. I've always kind of wondered how that jived with the Furman Institute's studies. I also wondered if there was a threshold where general cross training for a portion of the days would result in similar gain with support specific gains just because of the cardio improvement. I know when I first started running, running was a side thing. I was working with a PT doing weird strength routines. When I transitioned from that to mainly running for my training my pace gradually went up for shorter distances. All I think that shows is that for me hard cardio/strength workouts are more effective at cardio conditioning than only running at a low heart rate.
Even though clearly you know something is not right.
Regarding the calf, I bet you got some variation of "You just ran how many races in four days? And you're wondering why you have a sore calf?"
They appear to be subcutaneous, yes? If not, are they flat or raised? Can you "pop" them and if so, do they drain? Blood/clear/pus? Any on the bottom of your feet? Ok I'll stop! Lol
Yea, I definitely wouldn’t “pop” them, but just wondered if they had opened on their own and if so, what drained. Rashes are the worst! So many potential causes and the differential diagnosis is so long. Hard to say if it’s related to your other concerns or not. You didn’t mention joint pain so that’s a plus. Any known tick bites? Also kids carry germs and so many viruses present with nonspecific rashes. Palms are interesting and the duration too?? Ok, I’m really done now!
Don't tell her I did that.
Glad to hear you are getting expert opinions hope all comes back good. Sorry they have shut down running, but at least they didn't shut down wii remote use given the hand condition. At least Mario Kart is still on the table.
So to continue the armchair diagnosis, ha ha. The pics of the palm-bumps remind me of some similar-looking things my mother has.
The doc identified them as telangiectasias. My mother has what used to be called CREST Syndrome, which is an acronym for Calcinosis, Raynaud's, Esophageal Dysmotility, Scleroderma, and Telangiectasias. It's pretty much diagnosed by whether you have multiple of these problems, and she had the R, E, and T at least. The term "CREST Syndrome" is now not favored - it's now called a "limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis", because that has a much better ring to it.
At any rate, my mother has the T on her face mostly. The description of the T on the wikipedia page for CREST Syndrome fits your description well. But then T is actually the medical term for "spider veins", and the images of those are not at all helpful for hands. So who knows if that's what you have. I don't think they usually feel raised like bumps, though.
So I can see why the doc might be most worried about the palm-bumps. Those seem like the oddest symptom and possibly may be indicating something deeper and more systemic. All of those sorts of systemic and auto-immune issues are really tricky to diagnose and unfortunately most don't have good treatments, so figuring them out early is key.
And, sheesh...after I wrote all that, I realized I had consistently written about my mom in the past tense for some reason. I had to go change it, because she's still very much alive, active, and healthy 70-yo.
